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    MSI GT780R + Corsair Force 3 120Gb

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by sector7g, Sep 16, 2011.

  1. sector7g

    sector7g Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone tried any of these force 3 drive on this latop?

    Ive tried 2 and am unable to get windows to install
     
  2. robm@rkcomputer.net

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    What error are you receiving?
     
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    sector7g Notebook Enthusiast

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    1st with a 1124 drive i was unable to get past the 1st reboot

    windows\system32\config\system

    0xc00000e9

    windows failed to load because the system registry file is missing or corrupt.

    would pop up when you tried to boot from the ssd

    I have now a 1126 with the latest firmware upgrade, and it wont even get past the the update part of the install process (last stage)
     
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    I have not tried this drive myself but if you are trying to load a win 7 SP1 disk and it is failing it is most likely a firmware issue. Make sure in the bios you are setup as an AHCI drive if using a single drive. Make the first boot drive is the DVD drive, second boot drive the SSD.

    OCZ SSD drives are the absolute worst, the most compatible drives are the intels..

    Contact their tech support if none of this works and let them know the error messages. I am sure your are not the first.
     
  5. sector7g

    sector7g Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have posted in the corsair forums, and I have seen others with similar problems, with no real word on the issue. Yet I seen 1 dude with an asus g74 (same chipset and stuff) and his works (shrug)

    I would change between raid and achi in the bios, the drive would disappear on reboot, I'd toggle between the two and it would reappear. (I've read that installing in raid was recommended, as it still enables achi, but I've tried even ide mode with no success.)
     
  6. xault

    xault Notebook Consultant

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    If you still can, replace it with a Crucial M4. Those ssds have a very high reliability rate.
     
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    sector7g Notebook Enthusiast

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    I asked for a different hard drive, but I have to pay a restocking fee. Kinda sucks, never even thought there would be such a thing as compatibility issues for a drive.

    This is my 1st SSD, so not to familiar with whats all involved, I have read reviews for that last few years, but I must have missed the ones that had troubles.
     
  8. xault

    xault Notebook Consultant

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    As far as reliability in SSDs, I think Crucial and Intel are leading the industry. Corsair, Kingston, and OCZ are generally the next competitors in terms of reliability. I'm not sure what else I can advise you to do because you already updated the firmware.
     
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    I tried a OCZ in my GT780R and it had issues left and right. So I switched to the Crucial M4 and it is rock solid. :)
     
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    I initially had an issue with the M4, where it would lock up for a minute or so at the login screen. Updated the firmware, and everything is smooth now. I might even try to snag a 256gb M4 for my secondary drive.